Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Back to School {GIVEAWAY!!}

It's that time!
Our kids all headed back to school today.
It wasn't that long ago that Bad Baby looked like this...

He was such a little bugger.
Now he's in 1st grade and looks like this...

Yesterday we had our annual End-Of-Summer Ice cream date, which we do EVERY year on the day before school starts.
(I don't know what The Baby was looking so intense about here... his face is cracking me up.)

This morning, we were all up bright and early!
The bus showed up right on time and I sent them off to 1st, 6th, and 8th grades.
Whoa.

And because I have all this new free time on my hands, I thought I'd offer a giveaway today.

395 comments:

I'm excited, yes, and also wish summer was a little bit longer. I know I'm spoiled, but I so enjoy days with no commitments outside the house! That being said, looking forward to new experiences in the art room, so I am excited about that!!!

I am excited for Fall, but also a little sad that Summer is coming to an end. It was so wet here that we didn't have much of a chance to do anything outside. BUT, excited for Fall because with Fall comes football. Woohoo! RTR!!

I'm excited! My daughter is starting 1st grade at a new school so I am excited for her to make new friends and have new experiences. We just moved to our town so I am excited to see our first fall here! Can't wait to pick pumpkins, go on hayrides, and do a corn maze!

I'm excited about to arrival of Fall.. I LOVE the smell of pumpkin spice burning in the house.. It is also an indicator that Thanksgiving is right around the corner... And I sure do have a lot to be thankful for!

I teach...it's my calling and my passion. Every fall, I am humbled and blessed to serve kids in a public school by giving love, support, and helping them to see themselves as the amazing kids they are. Fall is my favorite time of the year, and while it does mark the end of summer time, I know that I will be meeting 20+ new faces who will bless my life hopefully as much as I bless theirs.

I am looking forward to fall, as I love my kids to death, but IT IS TIME, if you catch my drift! They have been fighting with each other non stop! Lol. This last year has been a stressful one, trying to juggle nursing school and single parenting, and my kids will both be in school full time, so it will take some pressure off. I love fall, it is my favorite season, with the changing leaves and the crisp feeling in the air. Lesley

I am looking forward to fall, as I love my kids to death, but IT IS TIME, if you catch my drift! They have been fighting with each other non stop! Lol. This last year has been a stressful one, trying to juggle nursing school and single parenting, and my kids will both be in school full time, so it will take some pressure off. I love fall, it is my favorite season, with the changing leaves and the crisp feeling in the air. Lesley

I am excited about the new school year for my kiddos and it is my last semester of college! I went back to school when I was laid off from my job this spring and this fall is the doorway to our family's next adventure!

I'm sad. I get to be a stay-at-home mom each summer since I work at an elementary school. It is very diffucult to transition back to working full time each fall and go back to seeing very little of my kids. Here's to a hectic, chaotic schedule beginning next Monday for us!

Yes! I am excited about Fall. Summer has been wonderful, but it has kind of reached that "too much of a good thing" stage for me at this point, and I find myself actually looking forward to the routine of the school year.

Summer has been a lot of fun. But I am ready for schedules and kstate football and kstate basketball season. I am a licensed day care provider and we love to learn about Autumn and the leaves changing colors and going on nature walks and all of the Holidays :) Autumn is my favorite season.

I'm so excited for fall. Oklahoma has had a soggier than normal (and much cooler than average) August, just enough to give you that faintest taste of what's to come! Kids return to school this Thursday, I can't wait for cocoa, sweaters, crisp leaves underfoot and that first morning where you see your breath on the cold morning air! :)

yes excited! Mostly because I live in Texas and it NEEDS to cool down! This is my last fall sending a child off to public school..... 18 years of sending kiddos off to school and my baby is a senior. Time flies... next year I won't be as excited!

I love fall..the cooler weather. I homeschool so the kids are still always home, but I think that might just be the best part of fall. I get to have my children when everyone else has to send them off.

I always miss summer - no homework, loose bedtimes. I feel like my kids are mine in the summer. But, I love that fall comes right after I send them back. Football, candy, pumpkins, cooler weather...what's not to love?

This summer has flown by so much that I've hardly touched my summer clothing.....I'm ready for fall, I'm going to take a week off and totally rid my drawers and closets of summer items that I obviously do not use anymore.....also ready for FOOTBALL!!!

Yes I love Fall! Everything about it! My one and only baby starts kindergarten tomorrow and I don't know how I will feel tomorrow. I've been worrying for a while now! Don't want to let her out of the "bubble"! Ha!

I'm excited about Fall, love the cooler temperatures. Starting to feel stressed with all the activities, back to school for my kids and myself as well as dance, football, grad school for me, my bestfriends shower, wedding and gym. I'm tired just thinking about it. Love it all and wouldn't change a thing just hope I can keep up!

Yes and no. I'm excited for my girls to move up to their new classes, but I love the more relaxed feel there is at home during the summer. Hubby teaches and coaches, so there's just less time together, and more work/stress during the school year for him. Thanks so much for the chance to win!

Fall is bittersweet for me. My boys live with their dad and had to go back home for the school year, so that means the end of summer is saying goodbye and fall means adjusting to the wild boys being gone. Yet, with that sadness comes a ray of sunshine. Fall means for time with my step-daughters. They are so special and I enjoy them so very much. So with back to school and cooler weather I get outdoor time with the girlies.

Our granddaughter lives with us and I'm excited to have some free time again! Plus I love Fall and I have another granddaughter due at Christmastime. Back to school time always takes me back to my childhood and very good memories.

Feeling clueless that I did not know about your blog. I read your Facebook status's daily and you make me smile.

Ok what I love about fall is Halloween, my girls are back in school. Alone time for myself and quiet sewing time. Christmas is a bonus because I get to make things for family and friends they never knew they always needed and didn't know.

Giveaway or not, I had to comment to say how mindblowing it is that someone as young and cute as you can have a daughter that age!! She looks gorgeous. Good job lady.

South India's seasons won't give me autumn but we'll move past monsoon time towards clear sunny skies and cool evenings... the best part of the year. So yes I'm very excited for that, but also to follow all your lovely fall pictures online!

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